Corn husking device



Aug. 11, 1936. c. E. WILLIAMS CORN HUSKING DEVICE Filed June 12;

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INVENTOR. E-E-WIL LIHM5 Patented Aug. 11, I936 UNHTED STATES atta nPATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a corn husking toolthat greatly increases the amount of corn that can be manually husked inone day by an individual.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a corn huskingdevice that saves the hands of the user and requires a minimum amount ofenergy for its use in the removal of the ears of corn from the stalk andhusk.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a corn husking toolthat is light in weight, thereby making corn husking less tiresome.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a corn huskingdevice that is economical to manufacture and durable in use.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claimand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a front view of one form of my corn husking tool ready foruse.

Fig. 2 is a side-sectional view of a portion of one of the metal partsshowing the outwardly extending corn husk engaging lugs.

Fig. 3 is a crom-sectional view of the portions of two of the metalparts, illustrating the metal link for holding the two metal parts toeach other. 7

Fig. 4 is a front view of a different form of construction of my cornhusking tool.

Fig. 5 is an inner side view of the thumb portion of the device shown inFig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1 andis taken on line 66 of that figure.

Referring to the construction shown in Fig. l I have used the numeralill to designate a piece of flexible material such as leather anddesigned to cover the lower area of the palm of the user. The numeral lldesignates the usual wrist band secured to the rear end of the part It).The numeral l2 designates a fiat metal bar secured by suitable means tothe forward end of the member ID and having its two outer end portionscurved to extend around the top side and bottom side respectively of thepalm of the hand of the user. By so curving the end portions of thismember l2 the same will be prevented from undue transverse movementrelative to the hand of the user. The numeral l3 designates a flexiblestrap secured at one end to one end of the member l2. The numeral I4designates a flexible strap secured at one end to the other end of themember l2. These two straps l3 and [4 are adjustably secured together bya buckle or 5 like IS. The numeral l6 designates a plurality of huskengaging lugs on the member l2. These lugs l6 as shown in the drawingare formed by cutting into each edge of the member I2 and bending thecut portions outwardly, as shown 10 in Fig. 2. If the cut portions arediametrically opposite from each other on the member l2 they shouldextend in opposite directions in 'der that when the lugs it are bentoutwardly they will be staggered relative to each other, as shown inFig. 1.

The lugs l6 are blunt and are not sharpened, as shown in Fig. 2. Thenumeral ll designates two spaced apart longitudinally extending slotsformed in the member 12 near its forward outer edge, as shown in Fig. 1.The numeral l8 designates a straight flat metal bar member similar tothe member l2, but having a length much less than the length of themember 92 and not having its two end portions curved. This memher it hasformed near each of its side edges lugs I9 which are duplicates of thelugs formed on the member H2. The numeral 20 designates two spaced apartlongitudinally extending slots in the member it near its rear edge.These two slots 28 are similar to the slots I7 and are spaced apart thesame distance that the slots i! are spaced apart. The members l2 and 58are connected to each other by two flat links 2! engaging and extendingbetween the slots 29 and the slots l'l respectively, as shown in Fig. land Fig. 3. The numeral 22 designates two spaced apart longitudinallyextending slots in the member i8 near its forward marginal edge. Thenumeral 23 designates a straight flat metal bar member which isapproximately an exact duplicate of the member H3. The numeral 2ddesignates the usual lugs formed on the member 23. The numeral 25designates two spaced apart longitudinally extending slots in the member23 near its rear marginal edge. These slots 25 are similar to the slots22 and are spaced apart the same distance as the distance between thetwo slots 22. The numeral 25 designates two flat metal links connectingthe member 23 with the member It! by engaging and extending between theslots 25 and the slots 22 respectively. Straps 21 are secured bysuitable means to each end of the member if! and the member 23 forsecuring the same to the fingers of the user of the device. The numeral28 designates a fiat metallic bar member having a comparatively shortlength and being slightly curved to fit the inside curvature of thethumb of the user. This member 28 has the usual lugs 29.

The numeral 30 designates two spaced apart longitudinally extendingslots in the member I2 near its upper rear marginal edge. These slotsare spaced apart much closer than are the previously explained slots.The numeral 3I designates two spaced apart longitudinally extendingslots in the member 28 near its inner marginal edge, as shown in Fig. 1.The numeral 32 designates two flat metal links engaging and extendingbetween the slots 30 and 3I respectively,

as shown in Fig. 1, for connecting the member 28 with the member 38.These 'two fiat links 32 are bent and the link closest to the palm ofthe hand is longer than the other in order to conform with the angle ofthe thumb of'the user and permit the member 28 to assume a normalposition across the face of the thumb. The numeral 33 designates twospaced apart longitudinally extending slots in the member 28 near itsouter marginal edge. The numeral 34 designates a flat metallic barmember similar to the member 28 and slightly curved to fit the thumb .ofthe user. This member 34 has the usual lugs 35. The numeral 36designates two spaced apart longitudinally extending slots in the member34 near its inner marginal edge. The numeral 31 designates two flatmetallic links connecting the member 34 with the member 28 by engagingand. extending between the slots 36 and 33 respectively. The numeral 38designates straps for securing the members 28 and 34 to the thumb of theuser.

In the construction shown 'in Fig. 4 the metallic members I2, I8, 23,28, and 34 are substantial duplicates of the same members shown in theconstruction in Fig. l and like numerals are used to designate thesimilar elements. In the construction shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 themetal links 2!, 26, 32, and 31 are dispensed with and the members I2,I8, 23, 28, and 34 are secured together and properly spaced apart fromeach other by being secured by suitable means to a mitten of flexiblematerial such as leather and which I have designated by the numeral 39.

The use of the fiat metal links and slots in which the links arehingedly attached, as shown in Fig. 3, is highly desirable in theconstruction shown in Fig. 1 as they permit the normal closing andopening of the hand of the user, but prevent any substantiallongitudinal movement of the members I2, I8, 23, 28, and 34 relative toeach other.

In the use of the device I recommend that it be used on the left hand.To husk an ear of com the ear is grasped by the left hand which willcause the lugs to successfully engage the husk, but due to their bluntnature will not pierce through and seriously engage the ear of cornitself. With the ear of corn thus held by the left hand the right handpushes the top of the ear of corn to one side, thereby breaking the samefrom the stalk and slipping it out of the husk. The action is a naturaland easy one and an ear of corn can be husked much more rapidly thanwith previous known devices of this art.

When the construction shown in Fig. 4 is used the'mitten is placed onthe left hand in the usual manner. .When the construction shown in Fig.1 is used the band Ii is fastened around the wrist and the members 28and 34 fastened to the thumb ,by the straps 38. The member I2 isfastened around the top and bottom sides and across the palm of the handof the user. The bar I8 is fastened to the hand and should rest acrossthe rear end portions of the fingers.

The bar 23 should be fastened to the hand in such a manner that it willrest on the forward end portions of the fingers. The construction shownin Fig. 1 may be used with or without a glove.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of myimproved corn husking device without departing from the real spirit andpurpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim anymodified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which maybe reasonably included within their scope. I

I claim:

In a corn husking tool, a member designed to be worn on the hand of theuser, a plurality of parallel substantially flat metallic memberssecured on said member designed to be worn on the hand of the user, anda plurality of lugs on the two marginal side edges of each of saidmetallic members extending away from said flat members at right anglesthereto and with their longitudinal widths extending transversely of thelongitudinal axes of said fiat members; said lugs each being formed fromthe said flat 'member of which it is a part by cutting said fiat memberfirst inwardly from its marginal edge and then longitudinally of itsaxis and then by bending the cut portion upwardly from said flat memberinto a lug.

CLARK E. WILLIAMS.

